Name: Haha Sound
Brand: Broadcast

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

warplp106r

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Colour

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Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2015-03-09

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

PIAS

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

0801061810610

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Broadcast

Genre GB

Indie Pop / Shoegaze

Label GB

Warp

'Haha Sound' is the band's second album from 2003 and it steadfastly continues their mission to walk the tightrope between wilfully obscure experimental sounds and melodious, accessible pop, fusing obscure cinematic influences with the kind of sounds others would try and lose - analogue synths, grainy feedback, scratchy electronica, etc. Via these ensnaring soundscapes, the band veer mellifluously from the fairy-tale escapism of 'Ominous Cloud' to rhythmically pulsing material like 'Pendulum' (which sounds like Kraftwerk colliding with their fellow Teutonic innovators Can), via a host of carnivalesque atmospheres and hall-of-mirrors style contours. There's a spot of darkness and contrivance to prevent us getting too comfortable, but Broadcast still make us feel as if we're looking at our own world like aliens peering through a sonic goldfish bowl, with everything seeming familiar but surreally warped and alluringly weightless. With Keegan's glacially delivered vocals providing the pure-white icing on the crazy cake, 'Haha Sound' is a consistently beguiling album - and is certainly no laughing matter.LP - Vinyl re-press of the second album by Broadcast, originally released in 2003. Comes in a 60s-style tip-on sleeve, plus download card.

Haha Sound

Music GB